Steerpike
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The other nine amendments aren't modified by the implication of a collective act, like "a well-regulated militia". .
But you need to look to what a "militia" was at the time the Constitution was written. There's little doubt the amendment protects an individual right, just as do the rest of the Bill of Rights.